(Biography available through the EDSITEment-reviewed website Digital Classroom.)
Ellsworth attended Yale and the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton) earning a degree
in theology; however, he took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar four years later. His
early years as a lawyer were lean. It is said he was too poor to afford a horse and that he took work
chopping wood to supplement his income. Eventually he became prosperous. He served his county
as state attorney and held a number of state offices including Representative to the Continental
Congress. Ellsworth not only proposed the Great Compromise, but also entered an amendment that
resulted in the term “United States” being used to refer to our nation during the convention. After the
ratification of the Constitution (which he did not sign, though he did support), Ellsworth served as a
senator from Connecticut and, later, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
(Biography available through the EDSITEment-reviewed website Digital Classroom.)
Ellsworth attended Yale and the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton) earning a degree
in theology; however, he took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar four years later. His
early years as a lawyer were lean. It is said he was too poor to afford a horse and that he took work
chopping wood to supplement his income. Eventually he became prosperous. He served his county
as state attorney and held a number of state offices including Representative to the Continental
Congress. Ellsworth not only proposed the Great Compromise, but also entered an amendment that
resulted in the term “United States” being used to refer to our nation during the convention. After the
ratification of the Constitution (which he did not sign, though he did support), Ellsworth served as a
senator from Connecticut and, later, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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